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Forest Park scores late TD . . .
Rams lose
heartbreaker
By Bob Greer
News sports editor
How close can a football team
come to winning an important
Region 6AAA football game?
Well, Newton Ram Coach Norm
Olson must be muttering to
himself since his team was beaten
in the final minute and a half of
the game at Tara Stadium
Saturday night by Forest Park,
11-6.
Midway of the first quarter
corner-back Jerome Jeffries picked
off a Forest Park pass at the 46
and returned the ball to the
opponents' 10-yard mark to setup
the Ram score.
Tony Roberts, moved up to the
starting quarterback spot by the
NCCHS coaches, went to work in
maneuvering his team across the
double stripes. He called on
tailback Keith Street on a pit
chout and the Ram sophomore
gained five. Roberts himself kept
the ball on the next play and
made a yard. A pass went astray
and then on fourth and four
Roberts rolled out and scored.
Scott Tankersley had his kick for
the extra point blocked by on
charging linemen.
Newton's offense and defense
looked extremely good in the
game. The Ram ground game
was good for 195 yards with
Mike Nolley and Richard White
gaining 82 and 52 yards
respectively during the encounter.
Nolley, the 196-pound running
back, carried the ball 11 times
and White lugged the leather
nine times.
The Rams’ defense made a
great goal-line stand in the third
period when the Panthers had a
first down on the Newton four.
On the first play Ram end Tony
Dodd threw Joe Malone for a
three-yard loss. QB Cheeves was
then stopped at the five by Bruce
Gheesling. A pass missed its
mark and the Forest Parkers
went for the field goal from the
22 with Bobby Bell hitting the
three points. This score of 6-3
remained until the final minute
and 24 seconds.
QB Roberts, promoted to the
starting lineup during the past
week, ran the ball 15 times and
gained a net of 13 yards in
cluding his TD trek. His pass
completion record was three for
seven. The young QB will be
called upon this week to face the
Jonesboro Cardinal at Sharp
Field Friday night. This will be
Rams roll to victory over Carver
On Thursday, October 21, the
Sharp Middle School Rams
traveled to Monroe and defeated
Carver Middle School by a score
of 14-6. Sharp scored early in the
first period capping off a 60-yard
drive with an eight-yard run by
Rodney Shepherd.
The following kick-off was
recovered by the Sharp Rams
which helped lead to their next
touchdown by Craig Treadwell.
On Thursday, October 28, the
Ist Div. Bengals
notch victory
The First Division Bengals re
corded their first victory of the
season by beating the Falcons 26-
19 Tuesday night. The Bengals
offense totaled 253 yards as
Anthony Duncan, Chris Allen,
Lee Coggins and Johnny Evans
scored TDs on long runs. The
Bengals offense also got help
from Brad Towns who made sev
eral fine catches.
The Bengals defense was led by
Johnny Evans, Chris Allen, Brad
Towns, Lee Coggins, Alan and
Philip Henderson, Mark Locklear
and Steve Butler. The entire
Bengal team played an exception
al game, according to the coach
ing staff.
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the final game of the season for
some 12 seniors on the team.
Jonesboro and Griffin are still in
the fight for the top spot of
Division 2 of our Region 6.
YARDSTICK
Newton Co. 6 Forest Park 11
11 First Downs 12
195 Yds. Rushing 127
3 Yds. Passing 74
7 Passes Attemp. 17
3 Passes Comp. 5
0 Fumbles Lost 2
85 Yds. Penal. 46
Score by Quarters:
Newton Co. 6 0 0 0 — 6
F. Park 0 0 3 8 — 11
RAM NOTES:
Seven varsity players were
dismissed from the Ram team
due to disciplinary reasons, ac
cording to NCCHS coaches. The
players are Phil Payton, Butch
Johnson. Jeff Autry, Larry Usher,
Jerry Creech, Jerome Benton and
Joe Kitchens.
J. J. Jeffries intercepted two
passes in the game Saturday
Cousins' defense blanks Heritage 8-0
The R. L. Cousins Middle
School Rams rolled to their third
victory of the year against only
one loss by defeating the Heritage
Patriots 8 • 0 Wednesday in
Conyers.
The Rams drove to within
scoring distance several times but
penalties and fumbles killed their
drives until early in the fourth
quarter. Barry Reed drove over
from five yards away for the
games only touchdown and Greg
Cowan passed to Michael Smith
for the points after to give
Cousins all the scoring they
needed.
The game was played on a cool
windy day and the wind turned
out to be quite a factor 1 the
contest. Heritage received the
kickoff and returned it to
midfield. From that point the
Patriots drove 10 yards for the
only first down they would get
until the last minute of play.
On third down and four Cousins
defensive end Mike Smith broke
through to sack the Heritage
passer and force a punt.
From that point the Rams drove
65 yards to the Heritage 5. On
first and goal Kenny McKnight
Sharp Rams will return home
and host the Cousins team in
their last regular conference
game. Kick-off time will be at
4:30 p.m.
Sharp will also be having
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night and Bruce Gheesling
recovered another fumble. Those
three plays helped the Ram cause
immensely.
John VanDerburgh and Karl
VanDerburgh are brothers on the
Forest Park team and they have
a lot of kinsfolk here in Newton
County. An, by the way, John
scored the two points after the
TD scored by the Panthers. He
was supposed to hold the ball for
the placekicker but instead ran
around end for the points.
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went over for an apparent score,
but the Rams were penalized 15
yards for holding. The Rams
were also penalized on the next
three plays to put them safely
out of scoring range with a
second and goal at the 45.
To start the second half the
Rams received a short kickoff
and put the ball in play near
midfield. They drove to the six in
nine plays. From there McKnight
scored what appeared to be a
touchdown but another series of
penalites moved the Rams out of
range.
In the fourth period Cousins
again drove the field only to give
the ball up at the one-yard line
on a fumble. However moments
later Tony Horton pounced on a
heritage fumble to set up a Ram
score.
Cousins finally got on the board
when fullback Reed drove over
from the five.
The Cousins defense was superb
in recording their second shutout
of the year. Heritage was able to
gain only 27 yards rushing and
30 yards passing with two first
downs. Michael Smith, Kenny
McKnight and Barry Reed were
homecoming court has been
chosen and a King and Queen
will be crowned before the game.
Everyone is encouraged to come
out and support the team and
enjoy the Homecoming festivities
beginning at 4 o'clock.
Newton ‘B’ team running back Calvin Jeffries
scored two first half touchdowns in the game here
Thursday against the Forest Park High 'B* club to
the leading tacklers for the day.
Tailback McKnight became the
third Cousins back to gain over
100 yards in a game this year.
McKnight has had to take over
after injuries to Victor Hill and
Kerry Cobb. McKnight rushed
for a Cousins Middle School
record with 160 yards in 26
carries. 'Die youngster had quite
a day as he also caught one pass
for a 25-yard gain, led the team
in tackles from his linebacker
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Georgia eagers now in second practice week
ATHENS — The Georgia
Bulldog basketball team is into
its first full week of practice in
preparation for its November 19
exhibition opener against the
Italian National Team. Georgia's
regular-season opener will be
Friday, Nov. 26, against Georgia
Tech in Athens.
The Bulldog coaching staff is
working with three starters off
last year’s 12-15 team (7-11
SEC), All-SEC freshman team
selection Walter Daniels, forward
Curtis Jackson, and center Lucius
Foster. The fourth returning
starter is Tony Flanagan, a
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Calvin Jeffries scores vs F. Park
Collier: Scorpion to
Junkyard Dog
ATHENS — From the Satellite
Scorpions to a junkyard dog? For
Steve Collier, the conversion has
been a blitz — literally. The
former Scorp can now boast a
starting position on one of the
nation's top collegiate teams, the
Georgia Bulldogs.
Collier came to Georgia from
Satellite Beach. Florida, and
played as the Bulldog's number
one freshman guard. The follow
ing year, however, he would have
had to compete against some of
the most experienced linemen in
the SEC for a position on the
team. The alternative, a red-shirt
season, was chosen instead, giving
him an extra year's playing time.
“It really helped me a lot,"
Collier stated in reference to his
red-Shirt year. “I got bigger and
it gave me a chance to gain some
experience. Now I'm starting;
that's what's important."
member of the Georgia varsity report to the basketball team
football team, who is expected to following the football season.
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help his team post a 25-12 victory. On this run
late in the second quarter he went over from the
five-yard line.
And with momentum in his
favor. Collier began the '76
season. Facing the California
defense was a tough assignment.
“I had to psyche myself up for
the game," he confessed. “It was
the first starting game of my
collegiate career.”
Until now, Steve’s number one
goal has been “to give 110
percent and to continue starting.”
But with Georgia's victory over
the Crimson Tide, he’s directed
his objectives towards a southern
bowl: “I'd like to see Georgia
play Pittsburgh in the Sugar
Bowl for the national champion
ship.”
Football hasn't always been
Steve's main interest, however, “I
didn't start enjoying the game
until my senior year of high
school. That’s when I started
playing offense. As a matter of
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